SuperworthPaychex dividend yield PAYX
Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1988.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 3.85%
- 10-year median
- 2.9%
- Against its 10-year history
- 92nd
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 1.9% to 5.0%
- Peer median
- 0.9%
Paychex pays 3.85% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is above its ten-year median of 2.9%, higher than on 92% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 1.9% in Apr 2022 to 5.0% in Apr 2026.
The median for 10 industrial stocks of a similar size is 0.9%.
Dividend yield over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 3.8% | 3.6% | 5.0% |
| 2025 | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3.8% |
| 2024 | 2.7% | 2.6% | 3.1% |
| 2023 | 2.9% | 2.5% | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 2.6% | 1.9% | 2.7% |
| 2021 | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.9% |
| 2020 | 2.7% | 2.6% | 4.8% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | 2.6% | 3.3% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | 2.7% | 3.4% |
| 2017 | 2.8% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| 2016 | 2.9% | 2.7% | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| 2014 | 3.1% | 3.1% | 4.3% |
| 2013 | 3.7% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| 2012 | 5.3% | 3.7% | 5.3% |
| 2011 | 4.2% | 3.7% | 4.9% |
| 2010 | 4.0% | 3.9% | 5.0% |
| 2009 | 4.0% | 3.8% | 5.9% |
| 2008 | 4.8% | 3.0% | 4.9% |
| 2007 | 2.8% | 1.7% | 2.8% |
Against its peers
Companies in Industrials nearest Paychex's size, closest first, today.
| Company | Dividend yield |
|---|---|
| PAYXPaychex | 3.85% |
| HEIHEICO | 0.08% |
| FIXComfort Systems USA | 0.26% |
| FERGFerguson | 1.57% |
| WABWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies | 0.43% |
| CARRCarrier Global | 1.68% |
| ODFLOld Dominion Freight Line | 0.63% |
| WCNWaste Connections | 0.75% |
| LHXL3Harris Technologies | 1.95% |
| ROKRockwell Automation | 1.30% |
| DALDelta Air Lines | 1.05% |
| Peer median | 0.90% |
Where Paychex ranks
What the dividend yield tells you
Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.
A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.